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Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor. McGavin began his career working as a set painter for Columbia Pictures . In 1954, he originated roles in Broadway productions of My Three Angels and The Rainmaker , followed by film roles in David Lean 's Summertime and Otto Preminger 's The Man with the Golden Arm (both 1955).
Darren McGavin was born William Lyle Richardson on May 7, 1922, in Spokane, Washington, to Grace Mitton (Bogart) and Reed D. Richardson. His mother was from Ontario, Canada. He received his dramatic arts training at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio, and debuted on screen in an uncredited role in A Song to Remember (1945).
Feb 6, 2024 · Darren McGavin's next series was Small & Frye, which only lasted six. In it, he and Jack Blessing play the show's title detectives, though Blessing's was a little bit different than you might ...
Feb 26, 2006 · Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer” and played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” has died. He was 83.
Darren McGavin, who played a memorable collection of gruff, worldly wise and unmistakably American characters over a six-decade career, died at a Los Angeles hospital on Feb. 25, the AP reported.
Feb 27, 2006 · Darren McGavin, an actor with hundreds of television, movie and theatrical credits to his name, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 83. The cause of his death, which was reported to The ...
Feb 25, 2006 · Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity in the film A Christmas Story. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt ...
